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B.C.’s low-income renters thought they’d get free AC units, but some face hurdles
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Summer isn’t fun for Surrey, B.C., renter Inderjit Singh Ghuman. It means restless nights with his wife and son in an overheating ground-floor basement suite that lacks air conditioning. “It was really uncomfortable here in my unit. It was hot and my family couldn’t sleep in the nighttime,” Ghuman said, referring to July. ... Read More »
1 responseAs ambassadors seek answers from Poilievre, Tory caucus offers foreign policy hints
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Ambassadors around Ottawa are looking for clues to decipher the Conservative Party’s foreign policy, as leader Pierre Poilievre offers few hints of how he’d approach the world stage as prime minister. In Ottawa, diplomats at several embassies describe feeling uncertain about whether Conservatives would stick to global climate commitments and continue staunchly supporting ... Read More »
1 responseEvacuation order, alerts issued for Mayo and other areas in Yukon due nearby wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 6th, 2023
MAYO, YUKON – Residents of the Village of Mayo are under an evacuation order and others in central Yukon are under an alert as a wildfire inches closer to the small communities. The Yukon Emergency Measures Organization says it issued the evacuation order for Mayo, located just over 400 kilometres north of Whitehorse, at 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fires on both sides of Adams Lake in B.C. prompt evacuation orders
By The Canadian Press on August 6th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Wildfires on both sides of Adams Lake in the B.C. Interior have prompted evacuation orders as crews continue to battle the blazes over the long weekend. A post by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District on Sunday says the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire has grown minimally, days after residents were hastily evacuated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evacuation order issued for Village of Mayo in Yukon due to Talbot Creek wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 6th, 2023
MAYO, YUKON – Residents of the Yukon Village of Mayo are under an evacuation order as a wildfire inches closer to the small northern community. The Yukon Emergency Measures Organization says it issued the order at 1 p.m. Sunday due to hazards to life posed by the Talbot Creek wildfire. The order covers all properties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals lag on invitation to join global group that crafts vaccines for world’s poor
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on August 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government has spent three years deliberating on an invitation to join a global body that designs vaccinations to protect the world’s poorest from preventable diseases. Documents reviewed by The Canadian Press show South Korea has been encouraging Canada to join the International Vaccine Institute, an agency based in Seoul that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Staff working behind the scenes of Canada’s fire fight essential to battle
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on August 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The days of fighting wildfires are long and exhausting, so when crews return to camp, the last thing they want to do is search out a place to sleep or find something to eat. Behind the firefighters battling what is B.C.’s most destructive wildfire season is an army of more than 1,400 contracted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada suspending direct aid to Niger’s government after military coup
By The Canadian Press on August 5th, 2023
Ottawa has announced it will stop providing financial assistance to Niger’s government in the wake of a military coup in the West African country. Leaders of the military junta are facing a Sunday deadline from the Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum or face possible ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP say Alberta teen dead after Jet Ski collision on Skaha Lake in B.C. interior
By The Canadian Press on August 5th, 2023
PENTICTON, B.C. – Police in British Columbia say one teen is dead after a Jet Ski collision on Skaha Lake in the Okanagan city of Penticton. RCMP say four youths were injured when two Jet Ski watercraft collided Friday evening in the middle of the lake. Police say all four youths were taken to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent Investigations Office probe Vancouver Police shooting that left man dead
By The Canadian Press on August 5th, 2023
Vancouver Police say an 18-year-old man is dead after being shot by police in an East Vancouver park early Saturday morning. The department issued a statement saying officers were called to Clinton Park around 2:15 a.m. after someone reported gun shots near the park’s playground. Police say officers showed up and confronted a man with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Something’s changed’: Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on August 5th, 2023
Earlier this summer, two Canadians walked into a party in rural Germany. “Canadians?” joked the host. “I thought you’d smell more like smoke.” It’s been that kind of season. Floods, drought, warm waters lapping three coasts – but mostly wildfire smoke from sea to sea and overseas. Yes, this is climate change, scientists say, and ... Read More »
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